OutdoorsThursday, November 5
Game and Fish will close Lake Conway's dam gates Dec. 2 so the lake can refill
The 5AM Little Rock team
If you fish, boat or live on Lake Conway, circle Dec. 2. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will close the gates to the dam's auxiliary structure that day so the lake can begin refilling, it told roughly 170 people at a Monday meeting at Mayflower High School. Don't count on a quick fill: Nick Feltz of the commission said it will take substantial rain.
Lake Conway's refill starts Dec. 2 after a drawdown that began in 2023
- Early 2023Game and Fish begins draining the lake.
- Jan. 2025Game and Fish begins removing condemned structures.
- Dec. 2Game and Fish will close the dam gates so the lake can refill.
Sources: KATV, arkansasonline.com
Feltz said the project is three years into a planned five, and that landowners still have time to remove condemned structures while the lake fills.
- Lake size: 6,700 surface acres, created in 1948
- Shiners stocked last week: about 200,000 golden shiners
- Gamefish stocking: typically 6 to 8 months after forage
- Boat-lane poles still needed: 50 to 60
Crews cleaned up the dry lake bed and condemned 175 structures
- 40 tons
- of litter removed from the lake bed
- 30 tons
- of discarded tires removed
- 175
- structures condemned by the commission
- Over 1,000
- boat-lane marker poles installed
Source: arkansasonline.com
Sources: KATV, arkansasonline.com